The Self-Driving Paddywagon
It used to be that the cops had to come for you. Maybe soon, they'll bring you to the cops. Or the cops to...
2026 Nissan Rogue Plug-in Hybrid
Nissan's Rogue has sold very well - notwithstanding that it's not especially roguish. It's a competent, attractively priced compact-sized crossover - and that's been...
Latest Radio: Wheels Up! w/Bill Meyer 07/09/2026
Here's the clip of this week's Wheels Up! segment with Bill Meyer, over at KMED FM in Medford, OR. We talked about not touching...
The Waning of Fahrvergnügen
When the VW GTI came out half a century ago, it created a new category of vehicle - the hot hatch. That is to...
Peace for Two Weeks
The British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain became a kind of archetype of naivety when he proclaimed "peace in our time" with what was then...
Latest Radio: Bryan Hyde Show: 07/08/2026
Here's the clip of this week's talk with Bryan Hyde, host of The Bryan Hyde Show in Utah. We talked about Flock cameras and...
The 84 Month Event Horizon
The duration of the average new vehicle loan has gone from three or four years to six years over the past 40 years, which...
Any Color You Like . . .
Henry Ford is said to have said his customers could have any color they liked, so long as it was black. Well, what he...
Don’t Touch the Touchscreen!
Touchscreens have largely replaced switches and buttons in new vehicles and one of the interesting consequences of this is that the driver is often...
The Forgotten Trans Am
Most people who know about Firebirds and Trans Ams specifically know about the last Trans-Am that came with a Pontiac 400 V8 and that...